Cost of living comparison
Podgorica is 34.0% cheaper than San Juan.
If you lived in Podgorica instead of San Juan, you would:
pay 23.7% less for restaurants
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$17.00
|
$7.48
€6.94
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$4.95
€4.59
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.85
|
$1.97
€1.83
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.71
|
$1.59
€1.47
|
|
pay 49.8% less for groceries
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.10
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.47
|
$3.56
€3.30
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.22
|
$4.99
€4.63
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.69
|
$2.77
€2.57
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.67
|
$3.46
€3.21
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.40
|
$0.57
€0.53
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.21
|
$0.79
€0.74
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.82
|
$0.61
€0.57
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.01
|
$1.00
€0.93
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.72
|
$0.42
€0.39
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.29
|
$0.59
€0.55
|
|
pay 4.3% less for transportation
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.80
|
$6.24
€5.79
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.50
|
$32.98
€30.60
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,000.00
|
$27,486.24
€25,500.36
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$23.50
|
$5.94
€5.51
|
|
pay 64.5% less for housing
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.44
|
$29.23
€27.12
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,053.12
|
$441.52
€409.62
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,320.00
|
$325.02
€301.54
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$170.67
|
$86.56
€80.31
|
|
pay 55.4% less for childcare
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$523.81
|
$186.91
€173.40
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,900.00
|
$5,827.08
€5,406.08
|
|
pay 43.8% less for entertainment and sports
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
|
$2.20
€2.04
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.43
|
$1.68
€1.56
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.00
|
$3.85
€3.57
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$61.43
|
$36.48
€33.85
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.00
|
$5.50
€5.10
|
|
pay 3.3% more for clothing
San Juan
|
Podgorica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$47.50
|
$80.02
€74.23
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$49.17
|
$35.04
€32.51
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.00
|
$84.38
€78.29
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$117.38
|
$101.39
€94.07
|
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